“The Best Worst Mistake You Ever Made”
Can being tossed out of school increase a kid’s chances of getting an education? It depends on where they land—if it’s in the right facility, the answer might be yes. Alternative learning centers...
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The School Where Refugees Thrive
If refugees arrive in the United States at a young age, under 13, they are almost as likely to graduate high school as their U.S.-born classmates. If they arrive after the age of 14, however, their...
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I’m Not That Guy Anymore
Most people agree that we need education. Public education in particular is thought to be the “great equalizer” in free societies, ensuring an equal chance of success to everyone. In a democracy, what...
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Reversing the Tide
On a hot day in June 2008, I sat with about one hundred other visitors in the yard of the Woodbourne Correctional Facility in upstate New York. We had come for the graduation of the first cohort of...
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My Alternate Route to Harvard
School always came easy for me… until it didn’t. Elementary school was a breeze, and middle school blew by without a hitch. High school began simply enough, and I eventually tested my way into a...
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A school where character gets a grade
It was late May in a conference room at Capital City Public Charter School and Nia Reese, an eighth grader dressed in a business suit, guided her audience through a PowerPoint presentation. She talked...
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Can California’s Colleges Be Saved?
Jaelyn Deas and her four best friends shared everything, including late-night study sessions in the library at San Jose State University and a never-ending preoccupation with how they’d pay for their...
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The High School That Follows Its Students to College
“Visiting Days: How a Detroit High School Extends Its Family Feel By Sticking With Graduates through College,” was originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering public...
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Do School Plays Lead to PhDs?
Earlier this week, we published a story about musicians who are diversifying classical music, one of the whitest genres in the arts. Privilege and class have long played a role in how culture is...
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The Youth Who Turned a Prison Into a Farm
On a crisp, windy day in March, 17-year-old Norman Garcia-Lopez tries to coax a donkey and a herd of 14 sheep from a fenced yard out to open pasture. “Come on, Miss Easter,” he says, holding a shallow...
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‘Microcredentials’ Are Changing the Pandemic Job Hunt
The menu at the diner where Amy Nelson likes to take a break from work is notable for its side dishes, including caramelized bananas, cinnamon apples and mushrooms and onions. Each can feed an appetite...
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The Transformative Power of Replacing Guns With Jobs
In 2015, when Arne Duncan moved back to Chicago after serving as President Obama’s education secretary, he set out on a listening tour of perhaps the least listened-to young men in America: shooters....
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Free the Playgrounds!
When the newly renovated Willie “Woo Woo” Wong Playground opened in San Francisco’s Chinatown neighborhood in February, its sand play zones and abstract Dragon- and Phoenix-themed climbing structures...
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Idled by Covid, School Bus Drivers Are Becoming College Counselors
“Why an Indianapolis district turned to bus drivers to keep students on track” was originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering public education. Sign up for their...
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In Paris, More Student Diversity Means Less Private School Flight
In 2014, Paris earned the wretched nickname of France’s “capital of schooling segregation” due to huge social divisions that had emerged between the 85,000 students at its 175 public and private high...
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Clearing a Path from Prison to the Bar Exam
Last week, we brought you two stories about Juneteenth from our friends and collaborators at WURD Radio and URL Media. This week, we’re publishing content inspired by the work of another URL outlet,...
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Building an Athletics-to-Med-School Pipeline for Black Men
Aaron Bolds didn’t consider becoming a physician until he tore a ligament in his knee while playing in a basketball tournament when he was 15. His orthopedic surgeon was Black, and they hit it off. “He...
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For a Lesson in Pre-K Excellence, Look to Alabama
For the past 15 years, one of the nation’s brightest landscapes for prekindergarten has flourished in an unlikely place. Alabama First Class Pre-K stands out in the South, where investment in...
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